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XVILLIAM TAYLOR, OF KEUKA COLLEGE, NEW YORK.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 511,474, dated December 26, 1893.

Application filed May 24, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.-

1 3e it known that I, WILLIAM TAYLOR, a cltizen of the United States, re'sidingat Keuka College, 1n the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness, of which the followlng s a specification.

Thls invention relates to an improved harness.

One of the objects of my invention is the product on of a saddle which permits a free clrculatlon of air around the saddle, so as to prevent soreness resulting from undue perspiration under the saddle, and which is not liable to tilt or rock and thus gall or cut the horses back.

My invention has the further objects to so construct the harness that, if desired, the breeching may be .dispensed with, and to sup port the thill loops in such a manner that they may be shifted backward or forward to bring the weight of the thills on any desired portion of the saddle.

In theaccompanying drawings:-Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved harness.

Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the rigid frame which connects the two saddle pads; Fig. 4 1s a side elevation of a modified construction of the harness. Like letters of reference refer to like parts in theseveral figures. V

My lmproved saddle consists essentially of two transverse pads A A, arranged one in front of the other and connected by a rigidmetallic frame B. Thesepads are comparatively narrow, so as to present a small bearlng surface, and they are arranged a short distance apart, say from five to seven inches, so as to leave an intervening space between them. By constructing the saddle in this manner the same has two bearing surfaces located on opposite sides of its transverse cen-' ter, whereby rocking or tilting of the saddle is prevented and galling or chafing of the horses back is avoided. The connecting frame B consists of transverse barsbb securedto the upper sides of the pads, respectively, and shaped to conform to the pads, longitudinal bars b b, connecting the ends of the trans verse bars and a longitudinal central bar 12 connecting the raised middle portions of the Serial No. 475,331. (No model.)

transverse bars. The rectangular spaces c between thebars of this connecting frame coincide with the spaces which separate the pads and permit the air to circulate freely between the pads, thus obviating heating of the horses of the harness, and adapted to be tightly secured with theirfree outerjportions to'the' adjacent portions of the thills H, preferably by windin g the straps around the thills a num ber of times, and engaging their ends with buckles g arrangedon the strap, so as to prevent slipping on the thills. Four of such straps areemployed, two being arranged on each belly band, so that each thill is embraced by two straps. This positive and direct communication of the thills with the saddle, enables the vehicle to be backed without the useof the usual breeching, thus materially simplifying and cheapenin'g the harness.

If desired, a single belly band may be employed, in which case the band is attached centrally to the saddle, as shown at E in Fig. 4.

I I represent the thill loops through which the thills are loosely passedin the usual manner, and which are suspended from the saddle by supporting straps j arranged on oppoposite sides of the harness, between the backstraps F. The upper ends of the supporting straps are removably attached to the longitudinal side bars I) of the saddle by screws, so that the straps may be shifted backward orforward on the saddle, if desired, fol-bring ing the weight of the thills at the front or For this purpose the saddle is provided on each side with three attaching screws 10 k 10 arranged one in front of the other, the terrets.

constituting, preferably, the rear screws or attachments of said straps.

back'of the saddle, or in the middle thereof.

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I claim as my invention-- 1. A harness saddle comprising the two narrow transverse pads arranged with a space between them, and the means for connecting and holding said pads together consisting of of a rigid frame extending over them and made up of angular transverse portions conforming substantially to the pads, said transverse portions being connected both at their upper and lower ends by rigid longitudinal bars, the thill loops and the straps carrying the same, the said lower longitudinal bars serving as braces for the lower ends of the angular portions and also as a support for the thill straps to which they are connected sub stantially as described.

2. A harness saddle comprising the two narrow pads arranged with a space between them, the means for connecting and holding said pads together consisting of a rigid frame extending over them and made up of angular transverse portions con forming substantially to the pads and connected by rigid longitndi- WILLIAM TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

SILAs KINNE, F. S. PLAISTED, F. A. KNAPP. 

